Isaiah's Commission from the Lord

8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.” 9 And he said, “Go, and say to this people:

“‘Keep on hearing,[1] but do not understand;
keep on seeing,[2] but do not perceive.’10 Make the heart of this people dull,[3]and their ears heavy,and blind their eyes;
lest they see with their eyes,and hear with their ears,
and understand with their hearts,and turn and be healed.”11 Then I said, “How long, O Lord?”
And he said:
“Until cities lie wastewithout inhabitant,
and houses without people,and the land is a desolate waste,12 and the Lord removes people far away,and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land.13 And though a tenth remain in it,it will be burned[4] again,
like a terebinth or an oak,whose stump remainswhen it is felled.”
The holy seed[5] is its stump. (ESV)

Footnotes

[1]6:9 Or Hear indeed[2]6:9 Or see indeed[3]6:10 Hebrew fat[4]6:13 Or purged[5]6:13 Or offspring